Solo music career ĭolby is associated with the new wave movement of the early 1980s, a form of pop music incorporating electronic instruments, but Dolby's work covers a wide range of musical styles and moods distinct from the high-energy pop sound of his few, better-known commercial successes. Dolby Laboratories founder Ray Dolby had a son named Thomas, now a novelist and filmmaker professionally known as Tom Dolby. It was agreed that the musician would not release any electronic equipment using the name. After a lengthy legal battle, the court decided that Dolby Labs had no right to restrict the musician from using the name. Dolby's record label refused to make him change his name, and Dolby Labs did not raise the issue again until later. Īfter the release of "She Blinded Me with Science," Dolby Laboratories expressed concern regarding the musician's stage name. Early publicity implied that "Dolby" was a middle name, and that the artist's full name was Thomas Morgan Dolby Robertson this is legally incorrect, but he does sometimes informally go by the initials TMDR. He adopted the stage name "Thomas Dolby" to avoid confusion with British singer Tom Robinson, who was popular when he began his career. The stage name Thomas Dolby originated from a nickname that he picked up in the early 1970s, when he was "always messing around with keyboards and tapes." His friends nicknamed him "Dolby", from the name of the audio noise-reduction process of Dolby Laboratories used for audio recording and playback.
The first electronic instruments started to become accessible in the mid-70s, and I got my hands on a kit built synthesizer and never looked back. I picked up the guitar initially, playing folk tunes- Dylan-then I graduated to piano when I got interested in jazz, listening to people like Oscar Peterson, Dave Brubeck, Bill Evans, Thelonious Monk, and so on. I sang in a choir when I was 10 or 11, and learned to sightread single lines, but other than that I don't have a formal education. ĭolby spoke of his early musical experiences in a 2012 interview: One of his first jobs was a part-time position at a fruit and vegetable shop. He attended Abingdon School in Oxfordshire, England, from 1975 to 1976, where he completed his A Levels. In his youth, Dolby lived or worked in France, Italy, and Greece. In at least one interview in the 1980s, Dolby claimed, "I was born in Cairo, because my father is an archaeologist" - many subsequent articles have republished or reprinted this spurious claim. Dolby was born Thomas Morgan Robertson in London, England, to (Theodosia) Cecil, née Spring Rice (1921–1984) and Martin Robertson (1911–2004), an internationally distinguished professor of classical Greek art and archaeology at the University of London, Oxford University, and Trinity College, Cambridge.
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